HIV care continuum among men who have sex with men and persons who inject drugs in India: barriers to successful engagement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We characterize the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care continuum for men who have sex with men (MSM) and persons who inject drugs (PWID) across India.

Methods

We recruited 12 022 MSM and 14 481 PWID across 26 Indian cities, using respondent-driven sampling (September 2012 to December 2013). Participants were aged ≥18 years and either self-identified as male and reported sex with a man in the prior year (MSM) or reported injection drug use in the prior 2 years (PWID). Correlates of awareness of HIV-positive status were characterized using multilevel logistic regression.

Results

A total of 1146 MSM were HIV infected, of whom a median of 30% were aware of their HIV-positive status, 23% were linked to care, 22% were retained before antiretroviral therapy (

SUBMITTER: Mehta SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4643485 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature